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Maumee Bay Triathlon - TriathlonOlympic
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Comments: I was in the first wave with the under 30 males and elites. There were only a handful of us. I was of course DFL in this group except for one guy who I tried to draft, but he was all over the lake. I ended up just passing him and drafting whenever someone from the next wave caught up, which was often. What would you do differently?: Swim faster, draft off somebody who can swim straight. Maybe register as a clydesdale so I'm in a group more to my ability.  Transition 1
Comments: Race organizers provided foot wash bins along the sidewalk leading up to T1. Had some trouble with wet socks, but an otherwise smooth transition. What would you do differently?: Practice the art of the pre-clipped in shoe mount. I'd rather run in socks than on speedplay cleats.  Bike
Comments: Good, uneventful, bike segment. I changed gears for wind more than any hills. There were no hills. What would you do differently?: Maybe push a bit harder. Find a more secure fastening technique for my aero drink holder. (it clunked alot) Transition 2
Comments: My shoes were wet because I had hung my wetsuit on the rack above them. Not a biggie though.  Run
Comments: Didn't get my land legs back until about mile 3. Literaly choked down my 3rd gel at mile 4.6. I was continuing my nutrition plan in prep for the 1/2 IM. I need practice eating on the Run. LSD Pace. I can't seem to get it slowed down and the HR down on the track, but in a race I seem to have no problems :) Good News: No Knee Problems, No Hydration/Nutrition Problems, No Back Problems. Bad: Slow, some stomach soreness from bike aero position for 1st 2mi. What would you do differently?: Run faster. I went too conservative because it was my first race of the year and I didn't know how my knee would do. Post race
Warm down: Mostly walking around and stretching. What limited your ability to perform faster: On the swim, despite 6months of TI drills my form continues to suffer. I have no endurance problems, but my speed needs to improve. On the bike, nothing held me back except my own hesitation to push it. I could have added 2MPH easily. Event comments: Very good beginner's race. The no chop swim, flat bike, and all purpose trail run are a perfect introduction to the sport. They offer a very nice sprint distance course with no suprizes. The sponsors were great with plenty of gels on course, and recovery drinks and freezer pops at the finish. Last updated: 2005-06-19 12:00 AM
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 2005-06-21 2:45 PM |
Expert  782    Wandering through AZ |  Subject: Maumee Bay Triathlon |
| 2005-06-21 6:11 PM in reply to: #180096 |
| Member 63 | Subject: RE: Maumee Bay Triathlon Congratulations on a successful season opener! No physical pain/problems is certainly great news! I am thinking about doing this one next year, after reading the bike course is flat. I chose Big Fish as my first oly tri (last weekend) and that bike course was really rough.... |
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My main concerns were equipment and nutrition. This was the new P2K's first race, and I had just finally gotten the cleats right the night before.
Day before - White lightning'd the cleats and chain, Adjusted derailleurs, washed water bottles, packed checklist, and drove to the race site. I picked up my packet and drove the bike course to familiarize myself. When I got to the hotel and settled in I took the bike out for a couple of laps around the neighborhood to shake out any final issues.
Night before meal - Ponderosa...before you say ewww, this actually made sense. Where else can you custom get a plain grilled chicken breast and pasta with no sauce? I was by myself, so the salad bar buffet suited me fine. I over did it on the dessert bar though :(
Race morning - Breakfast = bannana, raisin bran, OJ, toast. Drove to the site about 1 hr before the 1st wave. Setup my transition site, stood in line for body marking, got my chip, found out there were assigned transition areas, so I moved all my stuff.
We found out that morning that wet suits would be allowed, so I donned mine and checked out the water. No real warmup. Isn't that what the swim is for? :)